Chromosome 12 (human)
| Chromosome 12 (human) | |
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Pair of human chromosome 12 (after G-banding).
One is from mother, one is from father. |
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Chromosome 12 pair in human male karyogram.
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| Features | |
| Length (bp) | 133,275,309 bp |
| Number of genes | 2,521 1,676 |
| Type | Autosome |
| Centromere position | Submetacentric |
| Identifiers | |
| RefSeq | NC_000012 |
| GenBank | CM000674 |
Chromosome 12 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 12 spans about 133 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 4 and 4.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Identifying genes on each chromosome is an active area of genetic research. Because researchers use different approaches to genome annotation their predictions of the number of genes on each chromosome varies. In January 2017, two estimates differed by 66%, with one estimate giving 2,521 genes, and the other estimate giving 1,676 genes.
Chromosome 12 contains the Homeobox C gene cluster.
The following are some of the genes located on chromosome 12:
The following diseases are some of those related to genes on chromosome 12:
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